Improvement in attaching straps to pantaloons



S HELLER. PANTALOONS AND PANTALOON STRAPS.

No. 35,608. Patented June 17,1862.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL HELLER, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

EIMPROVEMIENT m ATTACHING STRAPSITO-PANTALQIQEONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,608, dated June 17,1862.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HELLER, of the city,county, and Statelot New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in PantaloonsandStraps Therefor; andI do hereby declare that the following is-a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My improvements refer, 'as above intimated, to the-construction of the garment at its lower extremities and to the straps by which the lower ends of the legs are sometimes retained or held down. Straps applied to the pants, either permanently or at will,for this purpose were in common use a few years ago, and still continue to be used to a'limited extent. I am a tailor, and have reason to believe from my the community that something of the kind would remain in common use and become a and disconnect the same at will, and the addit'ion of the straps and the attachments therefor were not a serious addition to the expense of the clothing and an impediment to the proper washing and doing up. or pressing of the clothes.

My invention is intended to supply this want. The parts which I permanently attach to the pants to receive the strap-fastenings before in common use for such purpose and interfere lesswith the operations of washing and pressing. The straps are more easily fastened, and are securely held and readily detached. The straps may also be made cheaper the partsrequired to apply my invention are more capable of being produced and secured together by machinery than those previously used for analogous purposes.

. To enable others skilled in thefart to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation by the aid of the drawings and of the letters of ref erence denoted thereon.

Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a cross-section of the lower end of a leg of a pair of. pants with thestrap in position attached. Fig. 2 is an end of a strap seen partly from the side. Fig. 3 is acorresponding view of the attachmcnts,whichare permanently securedto the pants. and 5, 6 and 7, and Sand 9 are respectively side and edge views of different styles and charactersof hooks which I have used or intend to use on my straps.

A is the material of the outer surface of thepants.

or other suitable material, secured to the strap Dby eyeletsF, as representcd. Each hook E is suificientlyopen at the bend E-(see Figs.

5 and 7) to fit easily on theinterior of the eyelets O,'and is held by the strap D with such rigidity asnot to be easily deflected.

To apply my strap to the properly-adapted garment, it is necessary-merely to hook the hooks E into the'eyelets O, to facilitate which it is important that the pendent partB,Jor that half thereof which carries theeyel'et G, bede flected inward so that-it approximates;- to;a horizontal position. Torelease itthe reverse movement is produced. Both these operations are very readily effected by the aid of the fingers; but when the fingers are not'applied there is no danger of the hooks escapingfromthe eyelets, even if the tension is relieved andthe straps and pantsare shaken indefinitely; This security of-the fastenings is due to several causes, one of which is the form of the hook, which causes it to cling directly to the eyelet in the manner which is obvious, and another is the tendencynf the strapD to straighten,

and thusto prevent the part B from assuming t e position necessary to allow the hook to escape. I will explain these points sufiiciently to allow their being fully understood.

. First. The hook it is differently shape'din the several figures; but all are so formed that the material must yield somewhat by its elasticity to allow the hook to be inserted in the eyelet O or to be removed therefrom. In Figs. 4 and 5 the space between the twoinner sur Figs. 4

;-part of B, as repre- "ule hook,

faces of the hook is sirnply contracted atthe point e, and I prefer this construction but with either this or'the formwshown by Figs. 7 or 9 it is equally true thatzthe elasticity of the hook would cause the two surfaces to press against Y the thicker'eyetet-rim and induce considerable frictionto pre cut the accidental'rele'ase of 00nd) "The dianieter' of the opening of the eyelet O isrtoolittle to allowthe release of. the-hook by simply raising the latterwhile the parts are in the positions indicated in Fig.

of the footer ankle within, and the rigidity er the strap. D and part B all conspire topre= ,vehh the parts assuming such positions. So

long. as they retain theirrelat-ions'as represented a mere slacking of the tension, and even ashaki'ng of the parts, however conducted, could only induce the hooks E to rise in their places until their bends. E strike the upper sides oil the corresponding cavities in the eyelets C, and. then to return to their' first post I ti'onsfv On account of both strength and safety, as

well as case of construction and operation,my invention is superior to the other modes of fitting up this portion of g'entlemens clothing. I propose to produce the parts Bin long strips with the eyelets ready inserted. 1. pre-'. fer tosew'it' by machineryin a tubular forn o to knit or otherwise produce itin such form,

and to perfect the structure and insertthe eyelets regularly and strongly by suitable ma-. chinery,.so that the material may be'so'ld like other goods for tailors use, and out oft and sewed on the garment as desired. The straps m y also lee-evidently made complete by niav.terial. I prefer to attachthe hooks E' to the straps D by eyelets, as shown by F; butrivets the"'e'yelet,- inishort, only forms a broad and strong connection easilyapplied I and holding the parts; very rigidly. 7' I V e 1 H When I saythepart B is made in the form of a tube it willbe understood that I mean a flattened tube with the eyelets set through bothsides'a'nd. the entire tube folded and sewed, as described at a'. I prefer this construction for many reasons; oneof whichis the absence of any necessityfor hemming the part,while it allows the ready insertion-of the eyelets G and provides a safeguard to prevent the point of the hook E from wearing the. nat'erial A of the pants proper; but it is obvious that the entire part B may,'if desired, be a single tube vor'other doubled part sewed togetherror not across I the bottom if suitable measures be 7 Having now-fully described. my invention,

what I claim as new,"an Letters Patent, is i I t The withi'n-described "mode of constructing 'IHoM'As DnSTET UK,

ABTHURPRICE.

chinery,whether of leather or any other maor any other fastening which will perform the. same functions will answer as well, because; thefopeni'ng in the'eyelct F is not used, and

taken to insert the eyelets properly therein.

(l-desireto secure by and attaching pantaloons an'd'p antaloon straps,

pant-s13 (land 1) E, ortheir respective equivatogether in the man- 

